138 MALE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 



CHAPTER V. 



OF THE MALE ORq^ANS OF GENERATION. 



THESE organs consist first of the Testicles, and their appen- 

 dages. 



2d. Of certain parts denominated the Vesicula Seminales 

 and the Prostate Gland, which are situated near the commence- 

 ment of the urethra, and are subservient to the purposes of 

 generation. 



3d. Of the Penis. 



Of the Testicles and their Appendages. 



The Testicles are two bodies of a flattened oval form. 

 Each of them has a protuberance on its upper and posterior 

 part called Epididymis, and is connected to parts within the 

 cavity of the abdomen by a thick cord, which proceeds through 

 the abdominal ring. Each testicle also appears to be contained 

 in a sac, which is suspended, by this cord and covered by the 

 common integuments. 



The testicle of the right side is usually suspended a little 

 higher and is frequently larger than that of the left. They 

 attain their fullest development in middle life, when they are 

 an inch and a half long, an inch wide and three quarters of an 

 inch in thickness. In old age they are shrunken in size, from 

 the fluids being attracted to it in less quantity in consequence 

 of the impaired sensibility of the organ. The upper extremity 

 of each testicle has a slight inclination forwards, which is 

 greatly increased in preparing it for demonstration by breaking 

 up its posterior attachments. 



The coverings of the testicles are formed from without 

 inwards, of five tunics. 1. The Scrotum. 2. The dartos 



